St. Stephen's College is a religious foundation drawing inspiration from the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. It aims at helping its members realise spiritual and moral as well as intellectual and aesthetic values.

Founded on 1 February 1881, St. Stephen's is the oldest college in Delhi. It was first affliated to Calcutta University, and later to Punjab University. Finally with the establishment of Delhi University in 1922, it became one of its three original constituent colleges.

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Dr. Prerna Higgins

Dr. Prerna Higgins

Dr. Prerna Higgins

Assistant Professor

prernahiggins@ststephens.edu
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PhD
Chemistry
Biography

Dr. Prerna Higgins is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi. She has obtained a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Science (SHUATS) and specializes in Organic Chemistry. She was the Topper in Ph.D Chemistry(SHUATS) and GOLD MEDALIST in M.Sc Chemistry(University of Allahabad). She was honoured by the DDMS Govil Award and UGC SGC for Merit. She secured RANK 1st in B.Sc Chemistry and Rank 4th in Overall Faculty of Science(University of Allahabad). She teaches undergraduate courses in DSC (Chemistry Programme) and DSE (Elective Courses). Her research interests include Organic Chemistry, Nanochemistry, Environmental Remediation, Adsorption, Green Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Material Science with recent work focusing on Nanochemistry. She has published several research papers in peer-reviewed journals and authored many book(s)/book chapter(s), has presented papers in International Conferences, Seminars, Webinars, guided students for Project works and has contributed to funded research projects/laboratory development/software development.